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Google Code-in 2013 Haiku

Improve "top" utility screen redraw. Fix #9509

completed by: Freeman Lou

mentors: mmu_man, jscipione, Gerasim Troeglazov, Siarzhuk Zharski

The goal of this task is the implementing correct solution to fix issue described in Haiku Trac as ticket #9509. This is a coding task, for this task you will need to have a Haiku build environment setup, and be able to compile Haiku top utility sources fix the problem and check if your solution works. The basic knowledge of GIT SCM is also needed.

Requirements:

  • Install Haiku either on real hardware or in Virtual Machine (BTW, I can assist installing VirtualBox so it is obviously recommended by me);
  • Take familiar with the problem you should fix;
  • Get either the Haiku source tree or build the top utility standalone and find solution to fix the problem;
  • After completing this task, please provide us with the git-formatted patch implementing your fix.

Resources:

Haiku Images (required developer tools are included) http://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku

Ticket "Improve "top" utility screen redraw." http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/9509

Standalone "top" project at gitorious.org: https://gitorious.org/gci2012/top

Getting and building Haiku sources: http://www.haiku-os.org/guides/building

Varios Haiku development resources: http://www.haiku-os.org/development

Haiku Coding Guidelines: https://www.haiku-os.org/development/coding-guidelines

Good luck!